The Seventh Circuit declined to revive a transgender bus driver's suit claiming the Chicago Transit Authority fired him due to his gender identity, ruling he failed to show the decision was driven by prejudice rather than claims that he took medical leave that wasn't approved.
A decision last week from New York's highest court preserving long-standing age limitations on judicial service left unresolved questions about the reach of a nearly 2-year-old constitutional amendment expanding state antidiscrimination protections, experts said.
A contractor that helps administer a New York state Medicaid program has agreed to pay at least $162 million to resolve a sweeping suit alleging it failed to timely and accurately pay about 200,000 personal assistants, according to a motion filed in New York federal court.